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Marriage and Family Flashcards

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What is marriage?

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The legally and religiously recognised union of two people as partners in a personal relationship.

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What does sanctity mean?

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Something that is holy or sacred.

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What is cohabitation?

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Living together as partners and having a sexual relationship without being married.

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What does marital refer to?

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Something that refers to the married relationship of a couple.

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What does unitive mean?

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Results in a union - used to refer to marriage or sexual relationships.

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What does procreative refer to?

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Results in the production of children.

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What is homosexuality?

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Sexual attraction to, or activity with, someone of the same sex.

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What is a nuclear family?

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A family group consisting of parents and children only.

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What is a single parent family?

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A family group consisting of one parent and children only.

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What is a same-sex family?

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A family group consisting of parents who are the same gender and children only.

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What is an extended family?

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A family group including more than the nuclear family e.g. grandparents living together or nearby.

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What is a blended family?

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A family group that includes the parents and children from their previous relationships.

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What is a parish?

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A Church area cared for by a local minister/priest/vicar.

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What is family planning?

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A method of controlling the amount of children a couple has.

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What is regulation of births?

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Controlling the amount of children a couple has and when they have them (family planning).

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What is artificial contraception?

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An artificial method of controlling the amount of children a couple has.

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What is situation ethics?

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An ethical theory that making a decision should be dependent on the set of circumstances it is in.

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What is divorce?

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The legal ending of a marriage.

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What is annulment?

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A formal declaration that a marriage was not valid.

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What is remarriage?

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Another marriage after a previous marriage has ended.

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What does equality mean?

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Two people or groups of people are equal in status, rights and opportunity.

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What is gender discrimination?

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When someone has a different status, rights or opportunity because of their gender.

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What is gender prejudice?

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When someone is believed to have different status, rights and opportunity because of their gender.

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